North Bergen

North Bergen is a township in Hudson County, New Jersey. The town was founded in 1843, and it was greatly diminished by the secession of several new towns during the second half of the 19th century. During the early 1900s, residential districts developed along and between Kennedy Boulevard and Boulevard East, and it grew significantly in population during the second half of the 20th century. Many residents were Latin American immigrants, with the first immigrants being Cuban emigres during the 1960s. In 2016, North Bergen had a population of 62,886 people, with 68.4% being Hispanic.